Software Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 407 527 543
Rank change year-on-year +120 +16 -110
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 422 206 363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.37% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.42% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 352 139 292
10th Percentile £41,263 £45,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £57,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,938 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £89,875 £97,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% -6.25% +18.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Software Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +81 119 £62,500 -15.25% 14
Midlands +1 95 £65,000 - 12
South East +21 94 £65,000 -13.33% 8
North West +20 69 £62,500 -3.85% 9
West Midlands +14 68 £60,000 -7.69% 7
South West -8 49 £60,000 -17.24% 7
Scotland -44 34 £80,000 +8.47% 5
Yorkshire +76 30 £75,000 -16.67% 5
East Midlands -15 27 £65,000 -3.70% 5
North East +1 20 £55,000 -9.09%
Wales +30 19 £60,000 -2.04% 2
East of England -26 12 £120,000 - 3
Software Manager
UK

Software Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Software Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 164 (38.86%) Agile
2 150 (35.55%) Software Engineering
3 87 (20.62%) .NET
4 79 (18.72%) Project Management
5 77 (18.25%) Social Skills
6 62 (14.69%) Degree
7 60 (14.22%) DevOps
8 53 (12.56%) C#
9 51 (12.09%) Scrum
10 49 (11.61%) Azure
11 48 (11.37%) Problem-Solving
12 45 (10.66%) Mentoring
12 45 (10.66%) SQL
13 44 (10.43%) Project Delivery
13 44 (10.43%) Roadmaps
14 42 (9.95%) Test Automation
15 39 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
16 38 (9.00%) Computer Science
17 36 (8.53%) Software Delivery
18 35 (8.29%) People Management
19 34 (8.06%) Coaching
20 33 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
21 31 (7.35%) SDLC
21 31 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
22 30 (7.11%) PRINCE2
23 29 (6.87%) JavaScript
24 28 (6.64%) Kanban
25 27 (6.40%) Microsoft
26 26 (6.16%) Asset Management
27 24 (5.69%) Jenkins

Software Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.42%) Sage 200
1 6 (1.42%) Sage 500
1 6 (1.42%) Sage X3
2 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 49 (11.61%) Azure
2 19 (4.50%) SaaS
3 18 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (4.03%) AWS
5 13 (3.08%) Power Platform
6 11 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.42%) Intacct
7 6 (1.42%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.18%) GCP
9 2 (0.47%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.24%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.24%) GitHub
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.24%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.18%) DSL
2 2 (0.47%) Broadband
2 2 (0.47%) Internet
3 1 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.32%) OLAP
2 8 (1.90%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.71%) MySQL
4 2 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.47%) Power BI
4 2 (0.47%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 24 (5.69%) Jenkins
2 16 (3.79%) JIRA
3 12 (2.84%) Git
4 11 (2.61%) GitLab
5 5 (1.18%) Clang
6 4 (0.95%) Selenium
6 4 (0.95%) Subversion
7 3 (0.71%) TestRail
8 2 (0.47%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.47%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.47%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.47%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 77 (18.25%) Social Skills
2 33 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (4.74%) Law
4 18 (4.27%) Finance
5 16 (3.79%) Marketing
6 14 (3.32%) Aerospace
7 9 (2.13%) Police
8 8 (1.90%) Electronics
8 8 (1.90%) Public Sector
8 8 (1.90%) Retail
9 7 (1.66%) Wearables
10 6 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.95%) Games
12 4 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.95%) Legal
12 4 (0.95%) Local Government
12 4 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.47%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (20.62%) .NET
2 13 (3.08%) React
3 10 (2.37%) ASP.NET
3 10 (2.37%) Node.js
3 10 (2.37%) RESTful
4 8 (1.90%) SOAP
5 6 (1.42%) jQuery
6 5 (1.18%) .NET Core
6 5 (1.18%) .NET Framework
6 5 (1.18%) Laravel
6 5 (1.18%) LLVM
6 5 (1.18%) Software Packaging
7 4 (0.95%) ADO.NET
7 4 (0.95%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.95%) Entity Framework
7 4 (0.95%) LAMP
8 3 (0.71%) WPF
9 2 (0.47%) CSS3
9 2 (0.47%) HTML
9 2 (0.47%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.74%) Distributed Systems
2 15 (3.55%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.61%) LIMS
4 10 (2.37%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.13%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.66%) 3D Graphics
6 7 (1.66%) CMDB
6 7 (1.66%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.42%) RISC-V
8 5 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.18%) NHS
8 5 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.95%) Tandem
10 3 (0.71%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.47%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.47%) Marketing Technology
11 2 (0.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.55%) Linux
2 8 (1.90%) Windows
3 6 (1.42%) Android
4 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (38.86%) Agile
2 150 (35.55%) Software Engineering
3 79 (18.72%) Project Management
4 60 (14.22%) DevOps
5 51 (12.09%) Scrum
6 48 (11.37%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (10.66%) Mentoring
8 44 (10.43%) Project Delivery
8 44 (10.43%) Roadmaps
9 42 (9.95%) Test Automation
10 39 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 38 (9.00%) Computer Science
12 36 (8.53%) Software Delivery
13 35 (8.29%) People Management
14 34 (8.06%) Coaching
15 31 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (7.35%) SDLC
16 30 (7.11%) PRINCE2
17 28 (6.64%) Kanban
18 26 (6.16%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (12.56%) C#
2 45 (10.66%) SQL
3 29 (6.87%) JavaScript
4 16 (3.79%) C
5 14 (3.32%) Python
6 11 (2.61%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.13%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.90%) PHP
9 6 (1.42%) Embedded C
9 6 (1.42%) Java
10 5 (1.18%) C++
10 5 (1.18%) Fortran
11 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.24%) RPG
Qualifications
1 62 (14.69%) Degree
2 23 (5.45%) PMP
3 22 (5.21%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.21%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (0.95%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.71%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.47%) CISSP
8 1 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.98%) QA
2 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.24%) IEC 62304
2 1 (0.24%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (2.37%) Docker
2 8 (1.90%) Embedded Firmware
2 8 (1.90%) Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (3.55%) Ansible
2 14 (3.32%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.18%) Nessus
3 5 (1.18%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (6.40%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.42%) Sage
2 6 (1.42%) Snow
3 5 (1.18%) Google
4 4 (0.95%) CheckPoint
4 4 (0.95%) Databricks
5 3 (0.71%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.47%) Brio
7 1 (0.24%) IBM
7 1 (0.24%) IFS
7 1 (0.24%) SAP
7 1 (0.24%) Veeam